The Treasury has dismissed as "nonsense" claims Gordon Brown ignored warnings about the consequences of changing tax relief on pensions in 1997.

400,000 people could be affected by a banking glitch which meant they were not paid on Friday.

And the price of postage stamps rises on Monday, 2 April. First class stamps will rise from 32p to 34p. Second class stamps will go up from 23p to 24p. And large first and second class stamps will also cost more.